Journal:
:international journal of endocrinology and metabolism
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azra ramezankhani prevention of metabolic disorders research center, research institute for endocrine sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
omid pournik department of community medicine, school of medicine, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
jamal shahrabi department of industrial engineering, amirkabir university of technology, tehran, ir iran
fereidoun azizi endocrine research center, research institute for endocrine sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
farzad hadaegh prevention of metabolic disorders research center, research institute for endocrine sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; prevention of metabolic disorders research center, research institute for endocrine sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2122409301, fax: +98-2122402463
conclusions our study showed that arm is a useful approach in determining which combinations of variables or predictors occur together frequently, in people who will develop diabetes. the arm focuses on joint exposure to different combinations of risk factors, and not the predictors alone. background type 2 diabetes, common and serious global health concern, had an estimated worldwide prevalenc...